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[ 12 ] Reviewer’s Guide

Progressive digital art capabilities

Corel Painter 12 continues to introduce revolutionary composition tools, which

help you achieve artistic effects that no other software can produce.

New! Mirror Painting:

With the new Mirror Painting mode, you can now easily

create a symmetrical painting. This new time-saving mode lets you sketch or paint in

either a one- or two-plane mirror. Once you define the axis of the plane, your

brushstrokes are replicated on the opposite side of the axis. For example, to paint a

symmetrical face, you simply paint one half of the face and Corel Painter

automatically completes the other half — mirroring your brushstrokes.

You can display the mirror plane vertically, horizontally, or display both at the

same time. You can also control the placement of the mirror plane in the

drawing window by moving or by rotating the plane.

In Mirror Painting mode, the green line represents the mirror plane, which

you can display vertically, horizontally, or both at the same time.

Using the Mirror Painting mode

1 In the toolbox, click the Mirror Painting tool.

2 On the property bar, click any of the following buttons:

•Vertical Plane – displays a vertical mirror plane

• Horizontal Plane – displays a horizontal mirror plane

3 Click the Brush Selector to open the Brush Library panel, click a

brush Category, and then click a brush variant.

If necessary, click the

Rotation Angle

arrow on the property bar

and drag the slider to specify an angle of rotation for the mirror plane.

You can also rotate the mirror plane by hovering over a plane until

the cursor changes into a rotation angle cursor , and then

dragging to rotate the plane.

5 Apply a brushstroke on either side of the mirror plane.